Canada court rules 'Safe Third Country' pact with U.S. invalid, cites detention risk

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A Canadian court on Wednesday ruled invalid a bilateral pact that compels asylum seekers trying to enter Canada via the American border to first seek sanctuary in the United States, saying U.S. immigration detention violates their human rights.

FILE PHOTO: The Canada Border Inspection Station is pictured from the U.S. side of the boundary in Blaine, Washington, U.S. March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Redmond/File Photo

Federal Court Judge Ann Marie McDonald ruled that the agreement was in violation of a section of Canada’s Charter of Rights that says laws or state actions that interfere with life, liberty and security must conform to the principles of fundamental justice. “We are aware of the Federal Court’s decision and are currently reviewing it,” said Mary-Liz Power, a spokeswoman for Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, who oversees Canada’s border agency. “The Safe Third Country Agreement remains in effect.”

“Canada cannot turn a blind eye to the consequences that befell Ms. Mustefa in its efforts to adhere to the STCA. The evidence clearly demonstrates that those returned to the U.S. by Canadian officials are detained as a penalty,” the judge wrote in her decision. Canada has sought to stem the tide of asylum seekers who flowed into the country starting in 2016, after Trump promised to crack down on illegal immigration.Canada has closed its border with the United States to non-essential travel because of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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So Canada is also a colony of the United States?

1/2 .I'm really starting to get annoyed with the non elected power that the charter is monopolizing at this time. It's a tool for terrorist payouts, the unfettered increase of illegal immigrants and refugees who jump the Q, judges that quash pipelines and the families that

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